The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, October 1883Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
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The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, October 1883
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
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P. 4—“Lysis,” ly´sis. An eminent philosopher driven out of Italy about
510 B. C., during the persecution of the Pythagorean club. He spent
the remainder of his life in Thebes, where he was held in the greatest
honor.
P. 4—“Pythagorean Brotherhood,” pyth´a-gō´re-an. See p. 119, Vol.
1, Timayenis. As a political and social power the brotherhood died out
before the death of Pythagoras, though the sect still lived and kept up
their religious observances.
P. 4—“Kadmeia,” cad-me´a.
P. 5—“Polybius,” po-lyb´i-us. (204-122 B. C.) A Grecian historian.
P. 6—“Leuktra,” luke´tra; “Mantineia,” man´ti-nei´a; “Megalopolis,”
meg=´=a-lop´o-lis; “Kleombrotus,” kle-om´bro-tus; “Agesilaus,”
a-ges-i-la´us; “Kithæron,” ci-thæ´ron; “Naxos,” nax´os; “Chabrias,”
cha´bri-as.
P. 7—“Timotheus,” ti-mo´the-us. The son of the famous general Conon.
P. 7—“Tegyra,” te-gy´ra; “Harmost,” har´most; “Orchomenus,”
or-chom´e-nus; “Polemarch,” pōl´e-march.
P. 8—“Chæroneia,” chær´o-ne´a.
P. 8—“Eurotas,” eu-ro´tas. The largest river of Laconia.
P. 9—“Zacynthus,” za-cyn´thus. Now Zante; called by Homer the “Woody
Zacynthus.”
P. 9—“Korkyra,” cor-cy´ra. Now the island of Corfu, one of the Ionian
islands belonging to the nomarchy Corfu of the kingdom of Greece.
P. 9—“Periplus,” pĕs. A rare word from the Greek, meaning to sail
around a sea or coast.
P. 9—“Iphikrates,” i-phic´ra-tes.
P. 9—“Poseidon,” po-si´don. The Neptune of Roman mythology, the god of
the sea.
P. 9—“Helike,” hel´i-ce; “Bu´ra.”
P. 10—“Kallias,” cal´li-as. An Athenian family famous through several
generations for its wealth.
P. 10—“Autokles,” au´to-cles; “Kallistratus,” cal-lis´tra-tus.
P. 10—“Bœotarch,” bœ-o´tarch. One of the chief civil officers of Bœotia.
P. 10—“Xenophon,” xen´o-phon.
P. 11—“Philo-Laconian.” Friendly to Laconia.
P. 12—“Ephors,” ěf´or.
P. 14—“Helikon,” hel´i-con.
P. 14—“Kopais,” cop´a-is. The largest lake of Greece.
P. 14—“Kreusis,” creu´sis. The harbor of the city of Thespiæ.
P. 14—“Krissæan,” cris-sæ´an; “Thespiæ,” thes´pi-æ.
P. 16—“Deimon,” dei´mon; “Sphodrias,” spho´dri-as.
P. 16—“Kleonymus,” cle-on´y-mus. The dearest friend of Archidamus, the
son of Agesilaus.
P. 17—“Ægospotami,” æ´gos-pot´a-mi.
P. 17—“Peiræus,” pi-ræ´us. The principal harbor of Athens, situated
about five miles southwest of the city.
P. 18—“Archidamus,” ar-chi-da´mus.
P. 18—“Pheræ.” A city of Thessaly, the site of the modern Velestino.
P. 18—“Ægosthena,” æ-gos´the-na.
P. 19—“Aristotle,” ar´is-to-tle.
P. 19—“Epiknemidian,” e-pic´ne-mid=´=ian; “O-pun´tian.” The inhabitants
of Eastern Locris were divided into two tribes: the Locri Epicnemidii,
inhabiting the northern and the Locri Opuntii the southern part.
P. 20—“Panarkadian,” pan-ar-ca´di-an. Belonging to all Arcadia.
P. 20—“Tegea,” te´ge-a; “He-ræ´a.”
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